Australia, Germany, Saudi Arabia, UK: Vigilantes Attack Traffic Cameras

Australia, Germany, Saudi Arabia, UK: Vigilantes Attack Traffic Cameras
Cameras pelted, grabbed and burned throughout the world over the past two weeks.

Vigilantes in Siegen, Germany tied a chain to a traffic camera and used their truck to rip it out of the ground. The device had been issuing tickets on the B54 in Burbach. The vigilantes then drove off with the machine, according to Siegener Zeitung .

In Saudi Arabia, a man armed with a steel tool on Tuesday bashed a "Saher" mobile photo radar van on the highway between Medina and Al-Qassim Province. This was the third attack of its kind in the area, Arabian Business reported. Likewise, a rock was hurled through the back window of a photo radar van in Victoria, Australia at 1:15am on Monday, according to the Herald Sun .

On Monday at around 2am, vigilantes set fire to a speed camera in Grantham, England. Burning tires were used to fuel the blaze around the Gonerby Road automated ticketing machine. The same device had been repaired just two days earlier, the Grantham Journal reported. In Benhall, the speed camera on the A12 was set on fire after midnight on July 23. The announcement on the Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service Facebook page received 27 likes.

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Australia, Germany, Saudi Arabia, UK: Vigilantes Attack Traffic Cameras

The device had been issuing tickets on the B54 in Burbach. The vigilantes then drove off with the machine, according to Siegener Zeitung. In Saudi Arabia, a man armed with a steel tool on Tuesday bashed a "Saher" mobile photo radar van on the highway



New restrictions on photo-radar tickets taking effect

AP Entertainment News Video By Christopher Francis - email (KOLD) - A new state law that takes effect Wednesday is putting new limits on cities, including Tucson, that use photo radar cameras. If you get a ticket from one of the cameras,



Photo enforcement in Tempe will come to an end this month
Photo enforcement in Tempe will come to an end this month

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Edmonton's speed on green photo radar returns at midnight
Edmonton's speed on green photo radar returns at midnight

The city's speed on green photo radar system resumes as soon as the clock strikes midnight. Transportation GM Bob Boutilier says they've put in several checks and balances to make sure the equipment works. "We've done everything we can now to get rid




Is photo radar (speed ticket) legal in southern California? | GPS ...

Yes, the smile-your-on-camera photo radar is entirely legal here in SoCal.

A friend of mine got stuck in an intersection as he was trying to make a left turn and the camera flashed — it took almost 4 weeks for the ticket to arrive.

If it really did take your picture they take a picture of both your license plate AND of the driver. Which means that there’s not really any way you can fight it (unless you have an amazing excuse).


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Sarah Bartlett @ didn't tag that properly. I didn't get tickets/pulled over. There was a major speed trap then photo radar on one street.


Gux Albrecht speed visit, Cochrane (friends 50th)and Edm (family) in 4 days including travel. no tickets....yet. I forgot AB has photo radar!


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